Ball-bearing.



lIl() nnn'nirnnss, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BALL-BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 9, Mild.

Application led. June 15, 1905, Serial No. 265,382. Renewed January 14:, 1910. Serial No. 538,102.

To all whom it may concern: u

Be it known that l, HENRY .l-lass, a citrzen of the United` States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new.

and-useful Ball-Bearing, of which the fol lowing is a specification. i.

My invention relates to ball bearings.

An object of my invention is to provide a ball bearing in which a single pair of ball racesis so constructed and arranged as to properly and efficiently bear a load composed oi two loads tending in different directions; or instance, composed of a lradial load and an endthrust.

A further object is to so lconstruct a bear ing having the characteristics above menftioned that it is assembled and may he handled, shipped and emplaced in working position, as a unit. p The. dvantages of my invention wilt'he ,further pointed out' in connection with tir' accompanying' drawings which illustrate ,exempliying'structures in which my invention nis embodied. I

Elgilrel 1s aside view of a bearing embodyling my invention, the upper half being p A1n longitudinal section, and F 1g. 2 is an end view of lthe bearing of Fig. 1.

VReference numeral l designates an inner bearing ring g, 2, a bore in said ring, adapted to be entered by a shaft, to which it may he secured in any approved manner; 3, an' outer bearing ring; 4, a ball race in ring l; 5, a

ball race in ring 3, confronting ball race 4;,

6, balls, annularly disposed about the bearing axis, intermediate hall races il: and 5; 7, a flange on ring l; 8,' a similar flange on ring' 3; 9, a lip on ring l; 10, a. similar lip on ring 3; and o-a designates the direction of the load.

This bearing is intended to carry a composite load, that is, one tending in tivo or more dilierent directions. As an example of such a load, in this 4instance there is snpposed to be a radial load, andan end thrust tending to move the inner ring l to the right `with reference to the outer ring 3, said end thrust having a forceas great as the radial load. Under these conditions the resultant load is exerted in the direction of the line dve@ or at an angle of 45 to the axis of the bearing.' To properly carry this load `drawn 'to the circumference oi the ball.

1When thetangent oi a hall race isV referred to 1n the claim herein, 1t -i-s intended to indi cate a line passing through the race at the point of ball contact and tangentto the cir .n'umference of the ball at that point.

The bearing is assembled. in any approved manner. The bearing is retained in assem-` bly by the flanges 7, 48, and the lips 9, 10. These lips permit a slight-relative movement ot the bearing rings, butliniit such move ment by contact with the balls, preventing accidental disassembly of the bearing.

The bearing thus forms a complete and independent unit, may be handled and shipped as such, and may be placed in work ing position Vsimply by securing the inner and outer rings to the desired moving or stationaryr members (as the case may be). The hearing is adapted to use in such an application as line shafting, where the shaft, to which is secured the inner ring .1, is revoluhle, or to vehicle wheels, Where the axle, to which, in this instance, the inner ring is secured, is stationary,and the hub,to which the outer ring is fixed, is the moving member. But the bearing is adapted to a great variety of uses, and those mentioned are but two examples of the same.

1What l claim 'ist A ball bearing assembledas a complete operative unitand comprising, in comhina tion, (a) an inner bearing ring formed of a single piece of metal and having a ball race whose tread is so positioned that its tangent is non-parallel to the4 axis of the ring, and

also having a lip formed in it at the side opposite to the ball race, the shape of the race being such thatl a clearance is left between its tread and the said lip, so'that the halls contact with the race only at the tread; (o) an outer bearing ring formed of a single piece of metal and having a ball race and lip similar to those of the inner ring but respectively placed relatively-opposite the ln the present instance the 4smeg and (c) a series of bans runnin in In testimony whereof I have amxea my the faces.; the bearing being retaine in signature in the prence of two witnesses.

vassembly by engagement of the lips with the HENRY HESS balls and the shape and disposition of the races enabling the bearing tu properly carry Witnesses:

a loadomposed of. a radial and a thrust Tmio. H. MCCALLA,' effort; NETTIE L. HAHN. 

